CVE-2026-126803

Description

Rote through 2.6.0 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated admins to obtain super_admin rights by reading or overwriting JWT signing secrets via /v2/api/admin/settings. Attackers can retrieve the unmasked jwtSecret from the security settings group and forge HS256 tokens for the super administrator to change user roles and escalate their own account.

References

• https://github.com/Rabithua/Rote/blob/v2.6.0/server/route/v2/admin.ts#L86-L146
• https://github.com/Rabithua/Rote/commit/865d69fceb9c1f1a0d30923fae7cef072a38b22b
• https://github.com/Rabithua/Rote/pull/420
• https://vul.yulun.ac.cn/20261104/rote/
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rote-through-2.6.0-privilege-escalation-via-admin-settings-api-jwt-secret-exposure